Bay County, FL
The federal environmental record for Bay County (population 190,769): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
196
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyndall Air Force Base | Panama City | on the NPL | 04/01/1997 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Bay with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| MEXICO BEACH, CITY OF FL1030467 | PFBA: 6.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Bay filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 47k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRATON CHEMICAL LLC | PANAMA CITY | Hydrogen sulfide, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 45k lb |
| US DOD USAF TYNDALL AFB FLORIDA | TYNDALL AFB | Xylene (mixed isomers), Benzene | 2k lb |
| TRANE COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS | PANAMA CITY | Copper | 4 lb |
| MMC MATERIALS GULF COAST LLC - PANAMA CITY | PANAMA CITY | Lead | 1 lb |
| MMC MATERIALS GULF COAST LLC - TAFB | PANAMA CITY | Lead | 0 lb |
| TEXCOTE LLC | PANAMA CITY | - | 0 lb |
| HOLLINGSHEAD MATERIALS (FORMERLY WESTROCK CP LLC ROCK-TENN | PANAMA CITY | - | 0 lb |
| MERRICK INDUSTRIES INC. | LYNN HAVEN | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC - PANAMA CITY MAIN PLANT | PANAMA CITY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 541 tank facilities in Bay: 192 tanks in service and 1,524 closed. 519 fuel releases are on record, of which 196 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bay as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Bay, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ARIZONA CHEM CO INCPANAMA CITY
- BAYSIDE MARINAPANAMA
- US DOD USAF TYNDALL AFB RANGETYNDALL AFB
- USA DFSP LYNN HAVENLYNN HAVEN
- USN NAVAL COASTAL SYSTEMS CTRPANAMA CITY